travel blog

4 Scooter riders in 1964 from a bus Side of the Royal Palace in 1964 Park in front of the Royal Palace My niece was good and when it came time to go to the Prado, she fell asleep. So since I had been yesterday for several hours by myself before my sister came (the Prado is near our hotel...

River from train I saw the Valley of the Fallen and El Escorial from the train. A nice Spanish man was kind enough to alert me each time. El Escorial Friday, July 17, 1964- Arrived in Madrid - Safely at Hotel Postcard of our hotel with the room circled My first and last hotels had been...

Arrival - Thursday, July 16, 1964 We got to Paris about 0720. I was to leave on the afternoon train going to Spain, and I had to change train stations Once in Paris, I kept having the feeling I ought to look under the bed and my Ventura [a large shoulder bag which held my camera, London Fog...

My next visit to Europe was in the summer of 1964, to meet my husband's ship at ports around the Med. He was a pilot and flew S2Fs (antisubmarine planes) off the aircraft carrier Intrepid The_planes_that_Bob_flew The Intrepid was supposed to have the following itinerary 11 June – Leave...

We also went and toured Eton which I thought was kind of boring. Eton courtyard Eton Guide Chapel at Eton Library? as we were coming out of Eaton College Eton college - 1950 At the end of the trip, we took a boat train to Southampton and boarded the Nieuw Amsterdam Most of the photos...

We took a day trip out of London to Windsor. Windsor from distance Guard at Windsor Statue at Windsor Windsor Windsor Windsor Windsor From Windsor turret The main thing I remember was seeing the Dowager Queen's Dollhouse which I thought was fascinating. We had to stand in line to...

We went to Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Buckingham palace Guard Me and my sister with the Guard at Buckingham Palace My dad took the obligatory photo of us standing next to the sentry with his bearskin hat. He took a movie also at at the end, you see my sister...

early morning - leaving Scotland We drove back to London. My mother had a conversation with a Scotsman about his kilt Scotsman Scotsman in his kilt and one of the sheep in Scotland ate some of our picnic lunch. sheep in Scotland sheep eating our lunch unfinished sculpture of ram -...

U=Drive it car in Scotland I know we visited Scotland because we have the photos, but I do not remember much about this part of the trip. I think we tried Haggis. Of course we had to visit the castle and see the monument to Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott Monument to Sir Walter Scott...

More photos of Cambridge Chapel Chapel Cambridge Gargoyles Whipsnade Zoo 4 week old elephant The only reason that I know that I've been here, is that we have some old sepia Polaroids taken in the zoo, and I don't know whether we visited from Oxford or from London. Back in 1950 when we...

We visited Shakespeare's Birthplace. I think it was a day trip from Oxford that the Anatomists convention arranged. Shakespeare's Birthplace At age 12, I had not studied a lot of Shakespeare, but I had heard of him. I don't remember much about the inside of the houses that we saw either. (I...

Emmie Kreyberg, Aerum Barunsveien 5e, Oure Ullern Norveg OvereUilern We were housed in the dorms which were not co-ed. So my dad was at St. John's College St Johns College St Johns College St. Johns College and my mother, my sister and I were at St. Mary's In the Woods. St Mary's in the...

In Paris, we took a side trip to Fontainebleau French couple from Algiers and my mom July 1950 - listening to the guide at Fountainbleu My mother on the tour in 1950 - she has the yellow blouse and red bag Palace of Fontainebleau Palace of Fontainebleau The Blue Fountain? After my...

Between the 15th and the 22nd of July, we were in Paris for my father to deliver a paper at the 5th International Cancer Congress. So that we would be able to understand some things, my mom gave us Berlitz lessons in French for several months before the trip - in those days US schools did not...

We saw a rainbow in the mist on the way down rainbow on way down from Jungfrau Misty rainbow We bought watches in Switzerland. I got one of the first automatic winding watch which I wore for many years. It wound itself by the motion of your wrist. If you took it off for a day, you had...

View from the train on the way up We visited the Jungfraujoch, waterfall on way up Jungfrau Snow peaks Snow peak Birds on the edge View from the top How far can we see? Glacier Glacier Glacier and saw a dog sled (I don't think we took a ride on it- at least I think I would...

My mother decided that we should visit Our Chalet, which is one the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) centers. It is an International Guide and Scout center, open to overnight guests and day visitors since 1932. It is impossible to get there directly on the train (which...

From Gornergrat My father took some movies of my sister walking along the top of this wall (I was holding her hand and walking beside the wall) This was so that he could have something to focus on for panning the movie. My sister poses on a wall My sister posing on the wall Polaroid of me...

We came into Switzerland on a train. My sister and I were playing solitaire on the train seats and a large man attached himself to our group. When we went across the border, the customs people didn't ask us very many questions because we looked (and were) innocent. After we crossed the border...

We drove into Austria and visited Innsbruck. From roof - Innsbruck [ Street scene Innsbruck Mozart Emperor Maximilian tomb - only he's buried in Vienna - Innsbruck Austria - July 8, 1950 - we are the ones looking at it with the Wares Church where King Maximillian is buried, Innsbruck...